diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
index babb7e6a66bd..051e2136715f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -1991,6 +1991,7 @@ static void i40e_create_tx_ctx(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring,
 	/* cpu_to_le32 and assign to struct fields */
 	context_desc->tunneling_params = cpu_to_le32(cd_tunneling);
 	context_desc->l2tag2 = cpu_to_le16(cd_l2tag2);
+	context_desc->rsvd = cpu_to_le16(0);
 	context_desc->type_cmd_tso_mss = cpu_to_le64(cd_type_cmd_tso_mss);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
index 48ebb6cd69f2..f2762f5927cc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -1336,6 +1336,7 @@ static void i40e_create_tx_ctx(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring,
 	/* cpu_to_le32 and assign to struct fields */
 	context_desc->tunneling_params = cpu_to_le32(cd_tunneling);
 	context_desc->l2tag2 = cpu_to_le16(cd_l2tag2);
+	context_desc->rsvd = cpu_to_le16(0);
 	context_desc->type_cmd_tso_mss = cpu_to_le64(cd_type_cmd_tso_mss);
 }